About Bonnie
Bonnie Giles is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 30 years of practice. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, mood challenges, and major life changes. Her manner is direct and compassionate while remaining practical and down-to-earth.
She uses straightforward, evidence-based methods to help clients build coping skills and restore daily functioning. Sessions focus on clear goals, problem solving, and rebuilding routines that feel manageable. She also addresses issues such as panic, bipolar mood swings, postpartum depression, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Bonnie draws on long experience supporting veterans, caregivers, and older adults as part of her work with adults across different life stages. She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and then helps them try new ways of responding. Faith-informed values may be part of the conversation when helpful to a client.
Her approach blends teaching practical strategies with attention to emotions and past events that still affect day-to-day life. She helps people recognize unhelpful thoughts, reduce intense reactions, and strengthen relationships and routines. Coaching-style guidance is offered when clients are working toward career or life-purpose goals.
Sessions are available in English and offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Bonnie works collaboratively to set priorities and track progress so people can see tangible changes over time.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Bonnie uses established, evidence-based techniques to help people manage anxiety, trauma symptoms, and mood problems. One common approach focuses on teaching practical coping skills for stress and panic, such as grounding, breathing work, and step-by-step plans to reduce avoidance. These skills help people regain control when symptoms spike.Another approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. This helps with depression, persistent worry, and relationship strain by breaking cycles that keep problems going. A third strand blends skill-building with life-purpose and coaching work to set achievable goals for career or personal meaning.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. Bonnie works with each person to select methods that match their needs, values, and daily life demands.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction from different locations. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide quick check-ins, journaling between sessions, and ongoing coaching-style support. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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